Identification and partial characterization of multiple major allergens in peanut proteins

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 743-751

  De Jong, E C ^a,b   Van Zijverden, M ^a   Spanhaak, S ^a   Koppelman, S J ^a   Pellegrom, H ^a   Penninks, A H ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b Hand Centre Utrecht   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ara h1; Ara h2; ELISA; Food allergy; IgE; Immunoblotting; Major allergens; N terminal amino acid sequence; Peanut allergy; Peanut proteins

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD ALLERGY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PEANUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MALE; PLANT PROTEINS; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST;

EID: 0031803186     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2222.1998.00301.x     Document Type: Article

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